How Potholes Form. Rainwater sinks through cracks in old or weakened asphalt. The water is soaked up by the mixture of rock, gravel, and sand that supports the road. Vehicles passing over the road force water through the soggy roadbed, eventually eroding parts of it.
disassemble The verb disassemble means to take something apart. It's one thing to disassemble a computer; it's a whole other thing to put it back together again.
dissection disÂ·secÂ·tion (dÄ­-sÄk'shÉn, dÄ«-) n. The act or an instance of dissecting. Something that has been dissected, such as a tissue specimen under study.